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Chidambaram to review farm loans
THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has decided to review the 2004-05 agricultural lending programme of public sector banks in a meeting to be held at Delhi on September 9. The meeting has been called in the wake of the policy package ...
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Birlas' earlier wills take centrestage
KHAITAN & Co, lawyers for the Birlas in their legal battle against Mr R.S. Lodha, on Tuesday sprang a surprise by producing before the media copies of wills written by the late Birlas. The first set of two wills were each executed in 1981, ...
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Birlas seek handover of MP Birla group assets
THE Birla-Lodha spat took a new turn today with Khaitan & Co, the legal firm hired by the Birlas, filing a probate application for two wills of MP Birla and his wife signed in 1982 at the Calcutta High Court. The Birlas have also asked for an ...
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Petro-product duty cuts to be announced today
THE Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, will announce the excise and customs duty reductions on petro products to mitigate the impact of soaring global crude prices on the domestic consumers and public sector oil companies in Parliament on ...
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Machinery for counterfeit FMCG items seized
COUNTERFEITS and pass-offs continue to trouble the FMCG industry, with the Government estimated to lose close to Rs 900 crore per annum in unpaid excise duty, sales tax and other levies. Disclosing this, the Federation of Indian Chambers of ...
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Rathore lands historic medal, but advertisers may not line up
MARKSMAN Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore may have created history in the Olympic Games by winning the first-ever individual silver medal for India, but sponsorship and advertising support are unlikely to come by for his sport — shooting — ...
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BCCI panel defers selection of bidders
THE marketing committee of the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI), which met here on Tuesday, failed to select between the bidders for its cricket telecast rights for the next four years. According to Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya, President of ...
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Exports up 18.81 per cent in July
THE country's exports during July grew by 18.81 per cent in dollar terms over the corresponding month in 2003, with cumulative export during the first four months of the current fiscal registering a handsome 25.57 per cent growth, way ahead of ...
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Sensex flat; cement, steel in limelight
THE markets closed on a flat note as the initial enthusiasm faded as the day progressed. The Sensex ended on a flat note after on a strong 40-point gain in the initial trading hours. Cement, steel and auto stocks led the initial upmove. During ...
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